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Fall in to the Wisconsin Magazine of History
The fall issue of the Wisconsin Magazine of History is in your mailbox (if you are a member) and at your local bookstore now! The latest issue features articles issue about child labor in Milwaukee's glass industry, Wisconsin governors during the Civil War, a Wisconsin girl's experience in World War II, the restoration of John Singer Sargent's portrait of Lucius Fairchild, and bowling in Milwaukee.
In "'Hey, Milwaukee': A Wisconsin 'Girl' Goes to War, 1944-1945," James H. Madison recounts the experiences of American Red Cross Clubmobiler Elizabeth Richardson, who served as a cheerful reminder of home for lonely GIs while discovering for herself the importance of morale amidst the tragedy of warfare.
"Minature Demons" is Nicholas J. Hoffman's telling of how, despite legislative reforms, the boom in Milwaukee's glass industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries relied more and more on the unskilled labor of children.
Stephen D. Engle describes the difficulties faced by four Wisconsin governors in raising and supporting troops during the Civil War in "The Union Must Stand."
The image essay this issue features the restoration of the Society's treasured portrait of Civil War veteran and Wisconsin governor Lucius Fairchild by the famed painter John Singer Sargent. In 2005 conservator Barry Bauman restored the painting, one of several paintings he has conserved for the Society. And, on October 9, Bauman will be in Madison to speak about the restoration in a public program in the Society's auditorium.
Get a sneak peak at one of the newest titles from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press in an excerpt from "They Came to Bowl: How Milwaukee Became America's Tenpin Capital" by Doug Schmidt.
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:: Posted September 14, 2007
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